Gestión preventiva de riesgos ergonómicos en los puestos de trabajo de la unidad de mantenimiento y talleres del Gobierno Autónomo Descentralizado de la Provincia de Chimborazo.

Abstract

The preventive management of ergonomic risks was performed at the workplaces of the maintenance units and shops from the Decentralized Autonomous Government of Chimborazo province, aiming to relieve the muscular skeletal disruptions caused by the handling of packages, repetitive movements or forced positions evidenced in the operations and administrative personnel of that unit. Risks were identified by means of the Nordic questionnaire of kuorinka and also through personal interviews with the workers. The results determined that 7 out of the 13 work places should be evaluated; they involve tasks of package handling and forced positions. In order to do so, the Ergo/IBV 13.0 software was used, aiming the results to be precise and minimal execution times. This program is used for the ergonomic evaluation by means of methods such as: office module, O.W.A.S., R.E.B.A., M.M.C., simple – lifting, pulling and pushing; which, when applied at the work places, they mostly show moderate and unacceptable risks, and as a result, some of the professional illnesses are caused; thus affecting the workers wellbeing. Once the in situ results were revealed, some actions for an adequate worker performance are proposed, for example the purchase of new tools and the training to the workers so that they fasten properly their work places; it is necessary these tools and training to be under an ergonomic criterion and the supervision of experts in the field.